{"id":31848,"date":"2025-12-17T21:53:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T21:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/sal-island-government-strengthens-child-protection-efforts"},"modified":"2025-12-17T21:57:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T21:57:40","slug":"sal-island-government-strengthens-child-protection-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/sal-island-government-strengthens-child-protection-efforts","title":{"rendered":"Sal Island Government Strengthens Child Protection Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Cape verde. <\/strong><\/span>The Minister of Family, Inclusion and Social Development, Fernando Eli\u0301sio Freire, inaugurated today in Sal the new No\u0302s Kaza Center, a \u201ccrucial space\u201d for welcoming, providing psychosocial support and promoting the rights of children and adolescents.<\/p>\n<p>The opening of this center in the city of Santa Maria, which aims to contribute to the prevention of risk situations and the strengthening of family skills, was marked by a speech from the minister that balanced pride in the Government&#8217;s investments with \u201ca firm appeal\u201d to families to assume primary responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Fernando Eli\u0301sio Freire expressed \u201cgreat pride and great responsibility\u201d for the realization of the project, emphasizing that the No\u0302s Kaza Center represents another step in fulfilling the commitments made to Sal Island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are here with great pride and great responsibility, because we are fulfilling our commitments to Sal Island,\u201d he reinforced, where, he continued, the first children&#8217;s emergency center was opened, which is operating in Espargos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether with the Sal Island City Hall, we created the Palmeira center, and today we are here with the No\u0302s Kaza center,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n<p>The minister acknowledged the economic dynamism of Sal Island and stressed that \u201chowever much has been done, there is an obligation to do a little more,\u201d ensuring that the island is not only developed but also \u201cincludes everyone,\u201d with a special focus on children and adolescents.<\/p>\n<p>The No\u0302s Kaza Center, which results from the reconfiguration of a previous structure, is aligned with this objective, being the 12th day center implemented nationally in the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Government did not \u201climit itself to the renovation of the building,\u201d assuming all its operation.<\/p>\n<p>Fernando Eli\u0301sio Freire also indicated the intention to increase the coverage of daycare centers for the zero to three-year-old age group and create more structures with complementary hours to school, offering safe spaces for children after school.<\/p>\n<p>However, the central point of the minister&#8217;s speech was the \u201cfirm position\u201d on family responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Freire argued that the Government&#8217;s responsibility is to create laws and support infrastructure for access to income, housing, education, and training, but that &#8220;the primary concern is family care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The official openly criticized populism and discourse that attempts to dilute responsibility by blaming state structures such as the Cape Verdean Institute for Children and Adolescents (ICCA) or the police in cases of negligence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If there are children on the street at 11 pm, don&#8217;t tell me that the responsibility lies solely and exclusively with the ICCA, which doesn&#8217;t care for child A or child B, when there are mothers and fathers who are calmly at home not caring,&#8221; he emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>He concluded that strengthening child protection &#8220;depends on everyone fulfilling their role well,&#8221; guaranteeing that the Government will fully assume its responsibilities, but that the same is required of families and communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Cape verde<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Cape verde. 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